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We'll help you plan your best summer yet with our annual roundup of can't miss events! Plus we've got a Face the Music interview with vocal powerhouse Josh Groban who is performing in Portland on 6/24. And as always, we'll help you have a terrific weekend with our hand-picked selection of events. Have fun out there!

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Aimsel Ponti

Aimsel Ponti is a Content Producer at MaineToday.com and a music writer for MaineToday.com and the Portland Press Herald.
She has been obsessed with - and inspired by - music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town library when she was six years old. She bought her first Rolling Stones record at a flea market when she was in 7th grade and discovered David Bowie a year later. She's a HUGE fan of the local music scene and covers it along with national musical happenings in her "Face the Music" column and with artist interviews that appear in print in the Portland Press Herald and online at Mainetoday.com. You'll also find her out and about absorbing live music like a sponge and roaming around local record shops and flea markets. Aimsel is also the host of Music from 207 on 98.9 WCLZ and appears monthly on the News Center Maine TV show “207” to talk about...music of course.

Blue Wrap Runway, Game of Thrones trivia: 9 things to do in Maine this weekend

Written by: Aimsel Ponti

‘Melt Down’

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Through June 9. Center for Maine
Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., Rockland, $8, $7 seniors, 18 and under free. cmcanow.orgHead to Rockland for an enlightening, educational and artistically compelling exhibit of photos and
videos of the Arctic and Antarctic. “Meltdown” includes the work of Mainers John Paul Caponigro, John Eide,
Ella Hudson, Jonathan Laurence, Justin Levesque, Jim Nickelson, Jan Piribeck, Peter Ralston, Shoshannah
White and Deanna Witman. The crux of “Melt Down” is to show viewers first hand the impacts of climate
change on these fragile environments, and it does so in stunning fashion.Antarctica 1331 by John
Eide. Image courtesy of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art

‘Jersey Boys’

2:30 and 8 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 2:30 and 8
p.m. Wednesday. Through June 15.
Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St., Ogunquit, $36 to $122. ogunquitplayhouse.orgFans of musical theater rejoice! The Ogunquit Playhouse kicks off its season with the Tony Award-
winning jukebox musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Jonathan Mousett stars
as Frankie Valli, and you can expect to hear all the hits including, “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,”
“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” “My Eyes Adored You” and “December 1963 (Oh, What A Night).” You’ll be
working your way to your seat with a burning love inside!Photo by Gary NG

Blue Wrap Runway

6 p.m. Thursday. University of Southern Maine, Abromson Center, Portland, $75. partnersforworldhealth.orgBlue Wrap Runway is not your average fashion show. It’s a benefit for Partners for World Health,
the local non-profit that collects medical supplies to distribute on missions to international communities
in need. During this fundraising extravaganza, you’ll see fabulous designs created by designers from Maine,
Boston and New York, including former Project Runway star Kahindo Mateene. The show gets its name from the
material used in all of the designs. Blue wrap is the stretchy blue fabric used to wrap sterilized medical
supplies that’s being given a second lease on life as clothing.Photo from the 2014 Blue Wrap event
by Sarah Beard Buckley

'Calendar Girls

7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Through May 26. City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford,
$20. citytheater.orgSee a musical that’s sassy, funny and profoundly inspiring. “Calendar Girls” is based on the true
story of a group of British women who find a unique way to raise funds so that a sofa can be purchased for
a hospital visitor’s room in memory of one their husbands who died of leukemia. What starts as a small
spark of an idea blossoms into something truly glorious and impactful. How did these determined women end
up raising more than $5 million? That’s easy: They posed nude for a calendar.Photo by Audra
Hatch

Gilbert Gottfried

7:30 p.m. Friday. Aura, 121 Center St., Portland, $20 to $35, 18-plus. auramaine.comComic Gilbert Gottfried got his start performing at open mic nights in New York City comedy clubs
when he was 15 years old. Known for his hilarious, shrill delivery, Gottfried’s career includes a long list
of TV and film roles as both an actor and voice actor, along with countless stand-up specials. Gottfried
was also the voice of the Aflac duck for several years. Here’s a chance to see Gottfried deliver the laughs
live on a Portland stage.Photo courtesy of Gilbert Gottfried

Plant and Herb Sale

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Tate House Museum, 1267 Westbrook St., Portland. tatehouse.orgHere’s a chance to shop for a variety of plants and herbs on the grounds of the historic Tate
House, built in 1755. You’ll find perennials thinned from the museum’s garden as well as herbs and annual
flowers from Broadway Gardens and plants provided from museum volunteers. This year’s sale also includes
used books, so you’ll also be able to feed your head as you start to grow your garden.Photo
courtesy of Tate House Museum

Bug Light Kite Festival

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Bug Light Park, South Portland. On Facebook
You’ll have the world on a string during the annual Bug Light Kite Festival. Presented by South Portland
Historical Society, the festival is a celebration of the joys of kite flying. NorEasters Kits Club
and Kites Over New England will be there to help with kite assembly and repair, and kites will be available
for purchase on site. You’ll also find barbecue available for purchase, and if you’re there between 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m., you’ll hear live music from the Maine Marimba Ensemble. If that’s not enough, there’s one more
very sweet reason to hit this festival. A candy-filled kite will be set aloft and, as if by magic, sweets
will rain down.Staff photo by Gabe Souza

Funky Bow Celebrates 6 Years

1 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Funky Bow Brewery and Beer Co., 21 Ledgewood Lane, Lyman, $17 in advance, $20 day
of event. On FacebookTake to the woods and have a heck of a good time. Help Funky Bow in Lyman celebrate its sixth
anniversary by hitting its party with a 130-pound roasted pig along with sides of cornbread, coleslaw,
cowboy beans and Alice’s mac and cheese. Chicken and wood-fired pizza will also be available, or you can
try some “redneck turkey,” which is a turkey speared onto a wooden stake in the ground that’s covered with
a metal trash can and surrounded by charcoal. Heath Conway from Chasing Sound will play from 1 to 4 p.m.,
followed by Fog Ave from 5 to 9 p.m. Oh, and did we mention there will be beer? Funky Bow’s brews include
So Folkin’ Hoppy, G-String, Midnight Special, Jam Session, End of the Line and Panama Red.Photo
courtesy of Funky Bow

Game of Thrones Trivia Pre-Party

4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Fork Food Lab, 72 Parris St., Portland, $35. eventbrite.comAfter eight crazy seasons, HBO’s hit fantasy series “Game of Thrones” is winding down, and the
series finale is on Sunday night. If you’re a hardcore fan of the show, this event’s for you! The Game of
Thrones Trivia Pre-Party will have the winning team leaving with a viewing basket filled with savory and
sweet treats, along with bragging rights that will spread like wildfire throughout the seven kingdoms. The
event includes one Fire and one Ice cocktail, snacks (think dragon eggs made of sugar and chocolate) and
trivia entry. Think you know your Thrones trivia? Here’s a chance to prove it. The good news is, you’ll all
leave with your heads intact and without the aching back that surely comes with prolonged sitting on the
Iron Throne. Good luck! We bet you’re humming the theme song right about now …Milleflore
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